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The CDC looked at 4,041,396 people across the country who have received the first doses of the Moderna vaccine between December 21 and January 10. Overall, 1,266 people (0.03 percent) were reported as having some type of “adverse” reaction. Among these, 10 had a strong, life-threatening allergic reaction, which is …

Doses from Moderna Lot 041L20A are suspected of causing a “higher-than-usual number of adverse events” and should be shelved until a proper investigation can be conducted, the California Department of Public Health said on Sunday.  State epidemiologist Dr. Erica S. Pan said in a statement that “fewer than 10 individuals” …

The EU drug regulator recommended granting the vaccine a conditional marketing authorization for use in people aged 18 and over, according to a statement released by the agency on Tuesday. Emer Cooke, executive director of the EMA, described the vaccine as “another tool to overcome the current emergency,” adding that …

The storage mishap occurred at an Advocate Aurora Health clinic in Grafton, Wisconsin over the weekend, an Aurora spokesperson told a local NBC affiliate, who said the vials had to be discarded due to “human error.” “We learned that about 50 vials of Moderna vaccine were inadvertently removed from a …

“With the availability of two vaccines now for the prevention of Covid-19, the FDA has taken another crucial step in the fight against this global pandemic that is causing vast numbers of hospitalizations and deaths in the United States each day,” said FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn in announcing the move on …

Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, which was shown to be 94 percent effective against the virus in human trials, has been approved for use in the US, according to a tweet by Trump on Friday. “Moderna vaccine overwhelmingly approved. Distribution to start immediately,” the president wrote. However, the US Food and Drug …

In a statement released on Monday, US biotech company Moderna said it would seek American and European emergency approval for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, after stage-three trials showed it to be 94.1 percent effective against the deadly coronavirus. President Donald Trump called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to …